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New York, NY
8,478,072 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3651000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, New York ranked #290 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is New York and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Chicago IL, Los Angeles CA, Philadelphia PA, San Francisco CA, Boston MA, Houston TX, Washington DC, Phoenix AZ, Dallas TX, San Diego CA, San Antonio TX, Seattle WA, Baltimore MD · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #290 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #273 | #277 | #252 | #275 | #241 | #256 | #279 | #281 | #259 | #263 | #245 | #275 | #261 | #259 | #257 | #282 | #339 | #291 | #290 | #300 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 8,013,368 | 7,993,906 | 8,013,775 | 8,068,195 | 8,131,574 | 8,190,209 | 8,272,948 | 8,346,693 | 8,396,091 | 8,433,806 | 8,463,049 | 8,469,153 | 8,437,478 | 8,390,081 | 8,336,817 | 8,740,306 | 8,453,772 | 8,356,179 | 8,390,888 | 8,478,072 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #305 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | -2.5 | -2.4 | -1.8 | -1.2 | -0.9 | — | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -1.6 | -1.9 | -1.8 | -1.8 | -0.6 | -3.7 | -2.9 | -1.9 | -1.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #129 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.2 | — | 2.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #252 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group | 25.1% | 24.4% | 24.3% | 24.5% | 26.1% | 27.8% | 28.3% | 28.2% | 28.2% | 28.9% | 28.3% | 27.6% | 27.2% | 27.1% | 25.6% | — | 28.3% | 27.1% | 27.4% | 26.8% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #126 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.4 | — | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.3 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #124 of 295 cities with data · 3rd of 11 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43.3 | 41.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 3,224,050 | 3,278,658 | 3,380,584 | 3,359,895 | 3,584,852 | 3,698,601 | 3,776,681 | 3,836,372 | 3,920,164 | 4,058,748 | 4,172,625 | 4,310,000 | 4,385,341 | 4,499,830 | 4,603,106 | 4,159,951 | 4,100,103 | 4,466,975 | 4,585,129 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #133 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +1.2 | -0.6 | +5.8 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +1.3 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +1.1 | -0.3 | -2.7 | +1.8 | +0.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3,734,282 | 3,836,042 | 3,900,766 | 3,993,283 | 4,092,341 | 4,114,375 | 4,186,199 | 4,093,734 | 4,125,792 | — | 3,800,934 | 4,045,291 | 4,073,327 | 4,155,558 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #288 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11.2% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 8.3% | 7.4% | 6.8% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 5.1% | — | 11.8% | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.9% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 81% | 75% | 73% | 74% | 73% | 61% | 62% | 64% | 65% | 66% | 67% | 69% | 70% | 72% | 76% | 77% | 81% | 82% | 82% | 81% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #273 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 17% | 10% | 20% | 15% | 18% | 19% | 16% | 16% | 13% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 11% | 15% | 16% | 17% | 2% | 5% | -1% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #310 of 314 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | $16,061 | $16,522 | $17,433 | $17,475 | $19,453 | $20,418 | $21,472 | $21,499 | $21,361 | $21,525 | $21,493 | $21,568 | $21,364 | $21,187 | $21,118 | $20,756 | $19,437 | $16,311 | $16,091 | $16,189 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for New York. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.